Display-cabinet



B. L. JOHNSON.

. DISPLAY CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 11, I919.

Patented May 31,1921,

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' APPLICATION FILED M'AR. 1, 1919. 1,379,867. Patented May 31, 1921.

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*nIsPLAY-cABI'nn'r. I i V f To all whom it may concern.'-.

Be it known that I, BURTON L.'Jo11riso1 r,a

' citizen of the United States, residin at Knoxville, in the county ofKnox and tate of Tennessee, have invented a new and use- 'fulImprovement in Display-Cabinets, of

which the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanymg draw- 1n Tr 'g,

y improvement relates particularly to structures used for displayingarticles of merchandise, for example, candles. The

object ofthe invention isto; provide such a structurefadapted' todisplay-at the same time a considerable number of-samples of candies,portions of said samples being accessible and others being visible butinaccessible and excluded from'the atmosphere.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a structureembodying my improvement;

Fig. 2 1s an uprlghtsection on the line,

22, of Fig. 1, looking toward the left;

Fig. 3 is an upright detail section'showj frlctlonal engagement in saidchamber as ing one of'the drawers and walls forming'a compartment forthe drawer; 1

Fig. 4; is an upright section on the line,

" 4-4, of Fig. 3, looking toward the right;

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal upright sectlon through the front or outer{part of one of thedrawers; Y W Fig. 6-is a perspective view of abox-like container, the two parts being separated from each other. f

Referring to said drawings, A. is a base or floor; A? is a back wall; AA are upright end walls; A is a horizontal top wall; A, A are uprightpartitions extending from the front rearward as far as the drawers areto extend; A A, are horizontal partitions extending rearward as far asthe drawers are to extend. A stop bar, A, extends horizontally acrossthe rear end of each upright partition, A between the partitions, A", toform a stop or limit for the rearward movement of the drawers. The frontedges of the end walls and the partitions, A"; are inclined rearward.That makes the front of the structure slant rearward. The rear edges ofthe partitions, A slant rearward in a plane which is parallel with theplane of the front of the structure.

The base or floor, A, and the top wall, A and the end walls, A, and thepartitions, A and A, form horizontal compartments which receive drawers,B. The ends of said Application filed arch 11,1919. .se iaiivoxzsrets;

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1 orinner endsof the drawers are inclined so compartments are inclinedrearward because .the part1t1ons,A have their front and rear as toconform to thei'slantaofthe ends ofend wallra' chamber or-recessg i B inwhich The faces of said chamberwhich meet the ,outerxfaces'ofthe drawerare perpendicular to the end'of' the drawer. On account ofthe Said"container is'in boxform and comprises a'body, C and a lid, C havingside w1ngs,-O?, adapted to extend over the side walls, C of the body, "C1 The wings, C are to be bent-outward far enoughto cause theirafree"edges tobear against the inner faces of the chamber, B ,.and make suchsaid compartments." The rear or inner ends 1 of the drawers-bearagalnstithe stop bars,.A Every drawer has in'the front of its outerrestsa container, C, formed of sheet metal. a

will holdsaid lid-in said chamber. -The depth of said chamber andthecori'esponding dimension of the container arepreferablyequalfso as tobring'the outer face of the container" flush with theouter 'facebf v theend of the drawer. H v M In the. lid of the container; is a-w'indewopening, (3. On the inner face vofthelid', a plate of glass, 0 extendsover said opening and is held in'positionv by retaining members, Cseated on the inner face of the lid and extending'over theedge ofthe.plate, C

An aperture, B extends from the chamber, B rearward through the outerend wall of the drawer. A finger or other object may be extended throughsaid aperture from within the drawer to bear against the container, C,and force the container out of the chamber, B A knob, B seated on theouter end wall of the drawer is to be engaged to pull the draweroutward.

Immediately at the rear of the place 00- cupied by the front wall of thedrawer when the drawer is closed, a stop member, A", is secured to thelower face of the adjacent superposed partition, A or, in the case ofthe upper compartments, top wall, A. When the drawer is pulled outwardhorizontally, the inner end wall of the drawer meets said stop member.This engagement prevents pulling the drawer forward horiinserting thedrawer, a reverse movement is made, the outer end of the drawer being Iraised and the'drawer then moved rearward until the inner-end wall haspassed therstop member.

This action is made possible by constructing the rear end of the drawer"to incline rearward, whereby theupper part of the rear end of thedrawer is made to extend farther rearward than the lower part of thedrawer is extended. The upper part of the rea'r'end of the drawerisstill in engagement with the stop :member ':while the lower part ofsaid rear end is free to move outward. Furthermore, this form of thedrawer and the positioning of the front edges of the .the drawer when ithas been pulled forward far enough to expose the rear part of the drawerto view. The rear end of *the bottom of the drawercan rest on the nextlower horizontal partition (the partition serving as a fulcrum) whilethe rearward-extending upper part of the drawer engages the next upperhorizontal partition, the latter being set backward far enough to permitlooking into and to afford access to the rear part of the drawer. By theuse of the structure forming compartments for the drawers as abovedescribed, all the drawers may be identical in size and form andfreelyinterchangeable.

Every container, O, is to be filled with a sample lot of candy which thecustomer can see through the glass, O", in the window opening, O Butsaid candy is not accesvaried.

The drawings show the structure supported on a table, D. An-y similarsupport may be used.

I claim as my invention 1. In a structure of the nature described, adrawer havlng a front wall, a container fitted for frictional engagementin the front face of said front wall and the container having-a windowin its front wall.

2. In a structureof the nature described,

a drawer :having a fixed front wall in the outer faceof which isa:chamber,-a container fitted into said chamber and comprising a bodyanda lid'one of which has a window.

'3. In a structure of the'nature described, a drawer having front wallin the outer face of which is a chamber, a removable container fittedinto said chamber, said contamer having a'lld havlng free-side wlngsadapted to bear against the faces of the frictional engagement with thefaces of said chamber. 7

In testimony whereof I have signed my name this 4th day of March, in'theyear one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.

BURTON I1. JOHNSON.

